What’s Cooking at... Avid Bookshop

Just how well do cookbooks do at Avid Bookshop in Athens, Ga.? The bestselling book at Avid – period – is "Top Chef" judge Hugh Acheson’s James Beard Award–winning cookbook, "A New Turn in the South." Store owner Janet Geddis spoke to PW about her store's cookbook-themed events and the books her customers are hungry for. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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